STATEMENT
Stefano Cerio lives and works in Rome and Paris. He began his career as a photographer at the age of 18. Since 2001, his interest has gradually moved towards explorative photography and video. His work increasingly focuses on the theme of representation, exploring the boundary line between vision, recounting the real and the spectator’s horizon of expectation, the staging of a possible reality that might not be true but is at least plausible. In this sense, projects such as Sintetico Italiano (Italian Synthetic), Souvenir, Aquapark, Night Ski, Chinese Fun are stages in a coherent artistic development which finds in the concept of memory, in the “other” place as a catalyst for present desires and future memories, in the idea of holiday and entertainment, that suspension of daily life which the author studies and recounts in images. His works are to be found in many public and private collections.
SOLO SHOWS
2024 · “VICEVERSA” CASTELLO DI POSTIGNANO, POSTIGNANO (PG).
2023 · “CORPI D’ARIA” GALLERIA 1/9UNOSUNOVE, ROME.
2023 · “MONT BLANC” LES MAISONS DE JUDITH, COURMAYEUR.
2023 · “AQUILA” INSTALLATION MAXXI MUSEUM, L’AQUILA.
2022 · “AQUILA” STUDIO TRISORIO, NAPLES.
2021 · “ONNA” SPECIAL PROJECT FOR MAXXI MUSEUM, L’AQUILA.
2019 · “CONSTRUCTIONS INSTABLES” ITALIAN CULTURAL CENTER, PARIS.
2019 · “AQUILA” THE POOL NYC, MILAN.
2018 · “AMUSEMENT PLACES” MUSEO PIGNATELLI, NAPLES.
2017 · “NIGHT GAMES” GALLERIA DEL CEMBALO, ROME.
2017 · “NIGHT GAMES” CAMERA CENTRO ITALIANO PER LA FOTOGRAFIA, TURIN.
2017 · “AMUSEMENT” GADCOLLECTION GALLERY, PARIS.
2015 · “CHINESE FUN” FONDAZIONE VOLUME!, ROME.
2014 · “PATHS” DOLOMITI CONTEMPORANEE, CASSO.
2014 · “CRUISE SHIP” MOIS DE LA PHOTO-GALERIE ITALIENNE, PARIS.
2013 · “CHINESE FUN” NOIRE GALLERY, TURIN.
2012 · “NIGHT SKI” STUDIO TRISORIO, NAPLES.
2011 · “WINTER AQUAPARK” CHANGING ROLE, NAPLES.
2011 · “SUMMER AQUAPARK” PROIEZIONE VIDEO MUSEO MAXXI, ROME.
2011 · “NIGHT SKI” GALERIE ITALIENNE, PARIS.
2011 · “AQUAPARK” FONDAZIONE FORMA PER LA FOTOGRAFIA, MILAN.
2010 · “WINTER AQUAPARK” GALERIE ITALIENNE, PARIS.
2010 · “APPARIZIONI” GALERIE ITALIENNE, PARIS.
2009 · “SINTETICO ITALIANO” CERTOSA DI SAN GIACOMO, CAPRI.
2008 · “SOUVENIRS” GALLERIA CHANGING ROLE, ROME.
2007 · “SINTETICO URBANO” GALLERIA CEDRO 26, ROME.
2005 · “CODICE MULTIPLO” CITTÀ DELLA SCIENZA, NAPLES.
2004 · “MACHINE MAN” GALLERIA LATTUADA STUDIO, MILAN.
2003 · “MACHINE” GALLERIA RECALCATI ARTE CONTEMPORANEA, TURIN.
2002 · “DISSOLVENZE CORPOREE” GALLERIA IL DIAFRAMMA, MILAN.
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2022 · “NATURALIA ET ARTIFICIALIA” IPERCUBO GALLERY, MILAN.
2022 · “LABORATORIO MONTAGNA” MUSEO NAZIONALE DELLA MONTAGNA, TURIN.
2021 · “PUNTO DI EQUILIBRIO” MAXXI MUSEUM, L’AQUILA.
2019 · “NOTTURNO PIÙ” PALAZZO CESARE MARCHESI, VENICE BIENNAL.
2019 · “GIOSTRE” PALAZZO ROVERELLA, ROVIGO.
2018 · “CAMPANIA MIRABILIS” REGGIA DI CASERTA, CASERTA.
2017 · “UNDEFINED SPACES” PODBIELSKI CONTEMPORARY, BERLIN.
2017 · “BLING BLING BABY” MUSEUM HILVERSUM, HILVERSUM.
2016 · “IN POSA” GALLERIA DEL CEMBALO, ROME.
2016 · “BLING BLING BABY” NRW FORUM, DUSSELDORF.
2015 · “MOUNTAIN PASSION” NOIRE GALLERY, TURIN.
2013 · “UNA PASSIONE FOTOGRAFICA” FONDAZIONE FORMA PER LA FOTOGRAFIA, MILAN
2011 · “CRAZY FOR ITALIAN STYLE” GALERIE ITALIENNE, PARIS.
2010 · “POSTPRODUCTION.IT” CENTRO CULTURAL BORGES, BUENOS AIRES.
2010 · “O’VERO” MUSEO MADRE, NAPLES.
2009 · “POSTPRODUCTION.IT” ARTEBA 09, BUENOS AIRES.
2008 · “LE PORTE DEL MEDITERRANEO” RIVOLI (TO).
2007 · “FOTOGRAFI” LATTUADA STUDIO, MILAN.
2005 · “NAPOLI PRESENTE” PAN MUSEUM, NAPLES.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022 · “AQUILA” ED. HATJE CANTZ.
2017 · “NIGHT GAMES” ED. HATJE CANTZ.
2015 · “CHINESE FUN” ED. HATJE CANTZ.
2013 · “VICE VERSA” ED. CONTRASTO.
2011 · “AQUAPARK” ED. CONTRASTO.
2009 · “SINTETICO ITALIANO” ED. SILVANA EDITORIALE.
2005 · “CODICE MULTIPLO” ED. EFFE ERRE.
2004 · “MACHINE MAN” ED. SILVANA EDITORIALE.
2002 · “DISSOLVENZE CORPOREE” ED. IL DIAFRAMMA.